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  2. Chicago Heights, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Heights lies on the high land of the Tinley Moraine, with the higher and older Valparaiso Moraine lying just to the south of the city.. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Chicago Heights has a total area of 10.30 square miles (26.68 km 2), of which 10.28 square miles (26.63 km 2) (or 99.87%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) (or 0.13%) is water.

  3. Martha Matilda Harper - Wikipedia

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    Each salon was owned by a woman; the first 100 shops only went to poor women like Harper. She trained the franchisees and inspect their salons to ensure quality. [1] [7] Emphasizing customer service and comfort, Harper invented reclining shampoo chairs, which became a common feature of salons worldwide. [11] The salons offered scalp massage and ...

  4. Sangerman's Bombers - Wikipedia

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    The successors of Sweeney's Bombers, the gang was formed by Joseph Sangerman in the early-1920s, shortly after the arrests of the Sweeney gang in 1921. Hired out primarily by Chicago politicians and organized crime groups (such as Al Capone's Chicago Outfit), the group was the first to use its services for labor unions. As an officer of the ...

  5. List of barbers - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of barbers and barber surgeons. Ambroise Paré — a pioneering surgeon of 16th century France when barbers also performed surgery. [1] Hugo E. Vogel — Wisconsin assemblyman and barber for more than fifty years [2] Johanna Hedén — a midwife who became the first female barber surgeon in Sweden [3]

  6. Regis Corporation - Wikipedia

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    In October 2017 Regis Corporation sold its Regis Salons, MasterCuts, and UK Supercuts to The Beautiful Group. [4] These salons became franchises keeping the same brand names. At the end of December 2019 Regis terminated its franchise agreements with The Beautiful Group and took back 200 salons [ 5 ] with the stated intention of finding a new buyer.

  7. Barber chair - Wikipedia

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    [1] [3] In the late 1950s, US-based barber chair manufactures sold about 10,000 chairs a year to the 100,000 barber shops. [9] Chicago-based Emil J. Paidar Company was a leading manufacturer of barber chairs in the late 1950s (Belmont and American Barber Chair Company from 1948 to 1956 whose chairs were spinoffs of the Koken chair).

  8. Chicago Heights School District 170 - Wikipedia

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    In 1901, the Board of Education decreed that the school day would run from 9:00 a.m. – 12 noon, and from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. with a 15-minute recess each session. On July 30, 1903, the first telephone in School District 170 was placed in the office of the Superintendent of Schools at a cost of $18 per year.

  9. Ford Heights, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Ford Heights (formerly East Chicago Heights) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,813 at the 2020 census. [2] A suburb of Chicago, many of the area’s first settlers were African American and since its incorporation in 1949 the village has remained predominantly Black. Due to the lack of commercial ...

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